Astronomical instruments have spotted a new source of repeating gamma-ray bursts. The bursts are unlike any seen previously, and there are no theoretical models to explain the object.

Hubble’s latest look at Messier 96 reveals a warped spiral galaxy glowing with rings of stellar birth. The new details shed light on how stars emerge and influence their surroundings.

A new class of supermassive black holes embedded in a thick gas shell could explain small red dots in images from the James ...

One method involves analyzing Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation to gain insight into the early universe—light that remained after the Big Bang just 380,000 years later. This method relies on ...

Hubble Space Telescope and MAVEN mission have been used to help unravel the mystery of Mars' escaping water. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

A cosmic mystery hidden for over a decade has suddenly been unveiled. It turns out that in the "Cigar Galaxy" M82, located 12 ...

Streisand shared her memories of starring alongside Redford, who died Sept. 16, in the Hollywood classic "The Way We Were." ...

Archaeologists uncover 59 sealed mummy coffins at Saqqara, Egypt, many believed to hold the remains of ancient priests. This ...

Hubble has uncovered a rare ultra-massive white dwarf created in a violent star merger. Once thought to be ordinary, the star ...

Astronomers used the VLT’s HAWK-I infrared camera to zoom in on the mysterious GRB and spotted a faint glow that didn’t match anything in our Milky Way. Suspicious, they called in the Hubble Space ...

Astronomers have detected an explosion of gamma rays that repeated several times over the course of a day, an event unlike ...

Astronomers discovered a rare ultra-massive white dwarf forged in a stellar smash-up and unmasked only by Hubble’s ultraviolet vision.